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Cincinnati washout leaves Zverev, Pegula stranded mid-match <\/p>\nCarlos Alcaraz beat the heat and humidity of a Midwest summer as the world number two advanced to the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Cincinnati washout leaves Zverev, Pegula stranded mid-match <\/p>\n
The Spaniard moved through hours before an evening rainstorms and lightning spoiled the night-time scenario, leaving men’s and women’s third seeds stranded in third round matches. <\/p>\n
Alexander Zverev was set to serve for the match against Brandon Nakashima, leading the American 6-4, 5-4 when the match was forced off court by the threat of lightning.. <\/p>\n
It was a similar situation for American Jessica Pegula, fighting back against Pole Magda Linette who won the first set 7-6 , before last year’s finalist claimed the second 6-3. <\/p>\n
Toronto champion Ben Shelton never got on court against Roberto Bautista Agut due to rainstorm conditions that forced officials to call it a night early. <\/p>\n
Second seed Alcaraz kept his exposure to a minimum in 32 Celsius conditions, taking an efficient 95 minutes to dispatch Serb Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4, for his 50th match win of the year. <\/p>\n
“Medjedovic doesn’t like to run that much, so I tried to move him around as much as possible,” Alcaraz said. “But it was difficult with the ball flying so much and his shots coming so fast. I tried to defend in a good way.” <\/p>\n
Alcaraz has been on a tear in 2025 as he chases Jannik Sinner in the ATP rankings, and now owns 13 straight victories at the Masters 1000 level. <\/p>\n
He will play for the quarter-finals against Luca Nardi after the Italian defeated Jakob Mensik 6-2, 2-1 with the Czech retiring after 42 minutes. <\/p>\n
Five-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz, who is preparing for the approaching US Open start, added: “I was really happy to get the win in a very difficult match. <\/p>\n
“The season is very long and in at least half of your matches you don’t feel that good . <\/p>\n
“But you have to stay positive and play your best tennis on the day. I’m proud about that. It’s a goal of the season.” <\/p>\n
Toronto finalist Karen Khachanov, earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jenson Brooksby. <\/p>\n
Francisco Comesano and Reilly Opelka both felt the heat of their mid-day match, which was interrupted for 45 minutes by rain, as the Argentine limped to a 6-7 , 6-4, 7-5 win while saving three match points. <\/p>\n
Comesano needed a medical time out midway through the second set, but came back out to continue what turned into a fight of nearly three hours against the American. <\/p>\n
Opelka called for the doctor just moments from his eventual loss, complaining of dizziness and high blood pressure after being broken for 5-6 in the final set. <\/p>\n
After a quick consultation at his chair, Opelka was back on court to weakly scoop a return into the net on his opponent’s second match point. <\/p>\n
The 71st-ranked South American will face ninth seed Andrey Rublev, who beat Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-7 , 7-6 , 7-5. <\/p>\n
Opelka, noted for his big serve, fired 27 aces but also committed nearly 60 unforced errors. Comesano broke on four of his 13 chances. <\/p>\n
He is the first Argentine into the Cincy round of 16 since Diego Schwartzman in 2022.<\/p>\n
In the WTA draw, second seed Coco Gauff eased into the fourth round when opponent Dayana Yastremska withdrew before their Tuesday match. <\/p>\n
The American, who won the 2023 Cincinnati title and followed up with a US Open crown, will await an opponent from former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko and Italian Lucia Bronzetti. <\/p>\n
Yastremska was unable to play due to illness, the WTA said. <\/p>\n
Seventh seed Jasmine Paolini, last season’s Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist, defeated American Ashlyn Krueger 7-6, , 6-1 while German qualifier Ella Seidel continued her strong showing with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 defeat of McCartney Kessler. <\/p>\n
Two-time Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova outlasted American Iva Jovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. <\/p>\n
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